he was picked for drama most likely. heres the difference between him and Philip. Brandon is a freak but its hilarious to watch. Philip is a freak but is just insanely annoying and intolerable. I don't want a favorite to win, unless it's Malcolm or Brenda. I think it would show that returning players don't dominate the game.

he was picked for drama most likely. heres the difference between him and Philip. Brandon is a freak but its hilarious to watch. Philip is a freak but is just insanely annoying and intolerable. I don't want a favorite to win, unless it's Malcolm or Brenda. I think it would show that returning players don't dominate the game.

It was certainly an odd decision to label Philip and Brandon favourites. I wish they picked Jane

OMG Shamar is going to be there for a while! If they couldn't get him out while acting like a fool I am sure that he will make it to the merge and then the favs will use him.

Philip's air time is insane.. I do not understand the editing of this man? why give him so much air time when it should be about game play and not foolery we see

as far as Brandon goes.. I think he still is the same guy we saw the first time around. he speaks wildly loose and then regrets everything after the fact. Didn't like him round 1 and don't like him round 2!

I think Sherri is very very smart and she might go farrrrrrrr! She knows that Shamar is a target so keep him around. However her wanting to do the challenge in the water on her own was just not team work.

and then we have IDOL BOY.. Reynold.. seriously.. if you have to have a 'bulge" at least have it in the "usual" place.. He'll be safe for a while as far as tribal goes but as far as flying under the radar.. that's long gone buddy!

Each week, host Jeff Probst answers a few questions about the most recent episode of ‘Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites’.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I wanted to ask you about a scene that was funny but also seemed to go against the Survivor philosophy and approach to filming. Usually the only time players directly acknowledge or address the camera is in their one-on-one confessional interviews. Otherwise, when they are with other people they are supposed to act as if the cameras are not even there. Yet in this episode you all showed a scene of Phillip speaking directly to the camera and introducing his tribe by their new Stealth-R-Us nicknames as they posed and made funny faces and gestures at the lens. Was there any concern about this being a departure by showing the tribe blatantly breaking the fourth wall?

JEFF PROBST: Nah. We rarely do it, in fact I can’t think of another time. But being that it was Former Federal Agent Philip Shepard and the favorite tribe all having played before — it was just a fun moment and was clearly telling the story of what was happening. Don’t you worry your pretty little head about it, Dalton.

EW: My head is pretty. Thank you. Moving on, Shamar was practically bragging about how he was just going to stay in the shade for 40 days while everyone else worked. I bring this up because in the early days of Survivor you guys took some hits from people who said you cast too many African-American males who were portrayed as the stereotype of being lazy. So when Shamar gets into an argument about his work ethic and two people call him lazy — on one hand that gives you good island drama to play off of, but did it also make you feel a bit uncomfortable since you have been down this road before with some other contestants?

PROBST: Not at all. Shamar was put on the show for exactly the opposite reason — he is an American hero. He fought for our country, he protested down on Wall Street. We had absolutely no idea he was going to react in such a manner. I honestly thought he would be one of the audience favorites out of the gate. It just proves once again that you really cannot predict with any kind of certainty how someone will react in the game until.. they are actually in the game.

EW: Strategy question! If someone takes out a hidden immunity idol and says they are going to use it — like Reynold did in this episode — shouldn’t you just vote them out immediately since it is an obvious bluff and pretty much guarantees that they are not going to use it at all? That way you can get rid of both them and the idol. Or is changing course at Tribal just too risky?

PROBST: I think the key phrase here is “pretty much.” There are so many variables in the game that anytime you change a vote or split a vote there is risk that someone either screws up or doesn’t go along with the plan. Idols seem so easy to get rid of – just ‘flush” them out, what’s the big deal? But there have been so many game changing moments tied to idols that everyone is very gun shy – and rightfully so!

EW: Please tell me Brandon is not going to pee on Phillip’s crispy rice. What else can tell you tell us about next week’s episode?

PROBST: Shamar is not done bellyaching. Will he stay or will he go? Tune in next time on.. Survivor… to find out!

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Just saw this episode and it was pretty good! Still little screen time for Brenda and Malcolm But at least we got to see the Fans dynamic a bit more. Shamar NEEDS to go next!! Loved the use of the full theme for the second episode in a row, and the use of the music I prefer when Probst goes to tally the votes which makes it far more dramatic!

I love this season of Survivor this time because the Favourites are not taking the show too much and the Fans have their fair share of character development unlike in season 16. However, I just feel that the idea of Fans VS "Favourites" is still pretty loose. Perhaps Fans VS Returning Players as a general term might have been a better name for the season